Vaping story on this evening's NBC Nightly News?

[sofarsogood]

I don't have a TV. Hopefully it will get on youtube.

 

[crxess]

No clue how/when/where to look

 

[Joie]

Another person having a battery in their pocket loose again is what it looks like.
They even added da statement after that lithium battery in ecigs if used with proper charger and stored correctly are no more dangerous than a cell phone.
But that Is. Not what people hear unfortunately.

 

[Mowgli]

Mrs. Mowgli just shouted a heads-up to me (in time to catch it for once).
It's a battery in loose change again
They showed this message from AVA and an employee at The vape Source advises to use a case.
He showed how to put it in a case for the common sense impaired future pocket rocket crowd.
ANTZ will use this against us but it was also good to get that battery safety message out there.

 

[Yiana]

At least it's not another popcorn lung scare like my local news showed last week. They even had a clip with an old lady wearing oxygen tubes up her nose on the commercial for the segment.

 

[roxynoodle]

Was this the guy at the gas station?

 

[Mowgli]

Yep. Gas station.

 

[Nanny22]

Yes, a gas station in Owensboro, Kentucky. According to the injured man, he had a spare battery UNPROTECTED and LOOSE in his pocket.
E-Cigarette Battery Explodes in Man's Pants at Owensboro Gas Station

All he needed was one of these, and a little common sense that you can't buy in a store, I guess. Never put loose batteries in your pocket!
Lightweight Silicone Protective Case for 18650 Battery

 

[Frenchfry1942]

Oh, great?!? "E-cig user blows up gas station with e-cigarette". (sigh)

 

[roxynoodle]

This is like the fourth one in a few weeks that put a spare battery in his pocket loose.

 

[mcclintock]

I came close to burning a hole in my leg with a couple of loose AA batteries. Lithium isn't required.

 

[crxess]

This is like the fourth one in a few weeks that put a spare battery in his pocket loose.

Or the same one re-written to fit the story line

I have seen/read/confirmed this happening with a few reports

This one looks fresh.............and obviously clueless.

E-Cigarette Battery Explodes, Burning Man's Leg

Here is another article - UK vaper carrying a Battery in pocket. Article sayse E-cig Blows up, but story indicates - BATTERY in pocket.
A dad was left with these terrible burns after an E-cig exploded in his pocket

Darwin rolling over

 

[Douggro]

And twice in two days, based on the report in the Seattle Times, I've been asked by co-workers "Aren't those things the ones that blow up?"

 

[Foggy Road]

And twice in two days, based on the report in the Seattle Times, I've been asked by co-workers "Aren't those things the ones that blow up?"

I think my answer to that question from now on will be.. "The ones that blow up are the ones owned by fools"

 

[Douggro]

I think my answer to that question from now on will be.. "The ones that blow up are the ones owned by fools"

"Idiots who didn't know what they were doing." was my response. Close enough to yours.

 

[crxess]

After reading this thread, and doing some reading from articles brought up by Google search - Battery explodes in pocket.....

I am giving up on the Majority of the human race........... Obviously Common Sense does not exist in most and they only see - I didn't know and I'm Sueing...... as Reality

Those of us with a lick of sense may as well start digging in now.

 

[VHRB2014]

NBC,

Not enough Brain cells Combined.

 

[Mowgli]

I don't have a TV. Hopefully it will get on youtube.

Oops. Wrong clip.

 

[beckdg]

I came close to burning a hole in my leg with a couple of loose AA batteries. Lithium isn't required.

THANK YOU FOR "GETTING IT".

Tapatyped

 

[beckdg]

Is it me?

Or does it seem the more we're informed, the more cynical the community becomes about these stories?

Ib4tl

Tapatyped